 As a nation we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal except negroes and foreigners and Catholics.  Lincoln Reshapes the Presidency - Page 79edited by - 2003 - 236 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...Our progress in degeneracy appears to me pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that ' all men are created equal.' We now practically read it,...all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read, ' all men are created equal, except negroes and foreigners... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 556 pages
...equal/ We now practically read it i all men are created equal except negroes/ When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read, 'all men are created equal...negroes and foreigners and Catholics/ When it comes to that, I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving 3iberty —... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 572 pages
...equal.' We now practically read it ' all men are created equal except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read, 'all men are created equal...negroes and foreigners and Catholics.' When it comes to that, I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty —... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 574 pages
...progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it...all men are created equal except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read, 'all men are created equal except negroes and foreigners and... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 524 pages
...oppression of the negroes, be in favor of degrading classes of white people ? When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read, 'All men are created equal,...negroes and foreigners and Catholics.' When it comes to that, I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty, —... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 510 pages
...progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that ' all men are created equal.' We now practically read it, ' All men are created equal, except negroes.' I am not a KnowNothing; that's certain. How could I be? How can any one, who abhors the oppression... | |
 | 1929 - 730 pages
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 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 630 pages
...progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that " all men are created equal." We now practically read it...all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes and foreigners and... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 604 pages
...equal." We now practically read it " all men are created equal, except negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read " all men are created equal,...except negroes and foreigners and Catholics." When it conies to this, I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty,... | |
 | Allen Thorndike Rice - Presidents - 1886 - 804 pages
...progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that all men are created equal. We now practically read it all men are created equal except negroes" In his Ottawa speech of 1858, he read an extract from his speech at Peoria, made in 1854, in these... | |
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